Display device



' May 27 1924.

C. M. HUPP DISPLAY. DEVICES Filed Dec. 4, 1922 OMHU/Dp Fatented May v 27, 192,4.

` mais@ CHARLES M..HU1 P,`0F PONGA' CITY, OKLAHOMA; v

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YApplication vfiled December .4, 1922. Serial No.- 604,830.A

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

vBe it known that I, CHARLEs M. I-IUrr,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ponca City, in the county of Kay and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display devices, and more particularly to a .device adapted to be attached to the radiator of 'a motor vehicle to displayl any ,desiredmatten such as the city in which the owner of the vehicle resides.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character that may be attached to the standard type of radiator cap or attached to a radiator provided with the usual form of temperature recording mechanism.

In the present invention, I provide a frame adapted to receive a strip of suitable material such as glass, bearing the matter to be displayed, and means for securing said frame to the radiator cap.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown several embodiments of the invention. In this showing: v

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of the invention with a temperature recording device attached thereto,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, parts being shown in section,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on 'line 3-3 of Figure 1, the temperature recording device being shown in elevation,

Figure A is a detail sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a front elevation of another form of the invention,

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view, and,

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view on line 7-7 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates the filling opening of a radiator of a motor vehicle. This opening is adapted lto receive a threaded cover 2 of the usual type. The threaded cover is provided with an opening for the reception of the stem of a temperature recording device. When the device forming the subject matter of the present invention is applied to a motor vehicle, the temperature recording device is removed from the cap 2 and a threaded tube 3 placed therein. This tube passes thrcu h a Casin A. As shown, the upper part c the tube 1s of larger diameter suitable materiaLpreferabIy metal, and as shown, extends transversely vofv the vehicle.

The front of the casing is open and is adapted to receive a plate 6, preferably formed of glass and is provided-withsuitable display 'matter 7 thereon: The' opening in thecasing is vprovided with 'ribs 8 to prevent inward movement .of the glass. 4plate fand the plate is retained in position by means of retaining strips 9 arranged on the exterior.

As shown, the tube 3 extends through an opening in the top of the casing. The upper portion of the tube is provided with exterioi' threads 10 adapted to engage threads formed in the opening in the casing. This portion of the tube is also interiorly threaded for the reception of the stem 11 of a temperature recording device 12. A locknut 13 is arrangedon thexlower portion of the tube to retain the assembled device in position. When the device is employedwithout temperature recording mechanism, I prefer to use the construction shown in Figures 5 to 7 of the drawings. In this form ofthe invention, I provide a casing 14 having an lopening therein to receive a plate 15. As

shown, the plate is provided with suitable indicia extending vertically. The bottom 16 of the casing is provided with an open-v ing for the reception ofV a bolt 17 adapted to project therefrom. The head 18 of the bolt is adapted to engage the interior of the bottom ofthe casing to retain the device in position. A lock nut 19 vis arranged on the lower portionvofv the bolt, the boltv being adapted to be received in the opening in the radiator cap 2, as in the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4.

Y than, the smaller part forming a shoulder 5 lwhich engages'the casingto retain it on the support.' The 'casing maybe formed of any The operationof the device will be api parent from the foregoing description. The construction provides an attractive attachment for a motor vehicle `by means of which the residence of the owner of the vehicle may be displayed. As shown, the device may be attached to the radiator cap of a.-

motor vehicle and a temperaturerecording mechanism secured to the device without interfering with the functions of the temperature recording mechanism.

It is rto be understood that the forms of my invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that various changes in the shape,

size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted tovWithout departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the`- subjoined claims. Y

Having thus described vmy invention, i I claim: Y

vl. In a device of the character described, a casing having top and bottom openings in valinement With each other and' havingan opening in one side, a display plate adapted tobereceived in saidside opening,V and a stem passing through said top and bottom openings and projecting below said casing,

Asaid sternV being adapted to be received lin 15 an openingin the radiator cap of a'rmotor -vehicle, the upper end of said stern being interiorly threaded for the reception of Va temperature recording device.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing, said casingbeing`substantially rectangular in cross section, said casing be- Ving provided with topy and bottom openingsV in alinement -vvith' each other and an opening 1n one side, a display plate arranged in said side opening, a threaded srtemrextending through the top and bottom openings the upper vendV of said stem being interiorly threaded to receive a temperature recording device,Y the lovver end of said `stern being exteriorly threadedV and adapted'to 'be re# Y ceived in an opening in the radiator cap of a motor vehicle, and a lock nut arrangedV on the lower portion of said stem.

In testimony Whereof,-I aiTiX my signatureA in presence of two Witnesses. CHARLES M. HUPP.

Witnesses:

J oHN WoLrE, 'VV." K.v MOORE; 

